Online

Projects, Collaboration Sites, and Publishing Opportunities

Name: Kayla Kroeger
Grade Level: 4th Grade
Content Area: Language Arts
Standards Addressed:

ELAGSE4W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective
technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Title of Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity: KidsCom
URL of Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity:
http://www.kidscom.com/create/write/write.html
Describe how you would use the Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing
Opportunity in your classroom: Students will use this website during one of their writing
centers to create a narrative from the topic they choose on the site. They will spend the center
time creating a narrative that fits the criteria then submitting it. If they opt not to write a
narrative during the given time, they must read other students narratives and vote on them. They
must then fill out a sheet for me establishing what they saw wrong with the other narratives and
how they could be improved.
What technologies would be required to implement this proposed learning activity in a
classroom? A computer with a keyboard and internet would be the technologies needed to
implement this lesson.
Describe how the following features are addressed in this learning experience (note: all of
them may not be addressed in the project, but most should be if you are reaching a high
LoTi Level.):
a. Collaboration with peers, near-peers, mentors outside their classroom and often
beyond their school: Students submit their narratives online or they view other
students beyond the classrooms narratives.
b. Student-centered learning and knowledge creation (collecting original data and or
producing original products as a result of engaging in the project): Students are
producing an original narrative based on the criteria given in the prompt.
c. Higher-order thinking: Students must analyze and evaluate the prompt and quickly
brainstorm ideas to write their narrative in thorough way.
d. Students publishing their original work to others who will use/care about their
product: When students publish their work, other students in the community will
be able to read and vote on what they have written

Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply):
See http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analyzing

Evaluating

Creating

What Level of Technology Implementation best describes this learning activity and Why?
LoTi level5, because students are integrating technology into the classroom and creating their

own products, then publishing them for an audience to view.

How could you implement this proposed learning experience and still comply with your
districts Internet Safety and Student Privacy policies? By doing a unit on Internet Safety
beforehand, students will be educated on what they should and should not do. Students will also
do an activity where they create usernames, so they do not use their actual names on the
publishing site. Students computer use will also be monitored when using this site.